keithl@loop.UUCP (Keith Lofstrom) (03/20/89)
I'm looking for an inexpensive EPROM programmer for my over-equipped home lab, and willing to pay extra for PAL capabilities. The best looking advertisement is for the ( JDR Microdevices )||( Modular Circuit Technology ) Universal Module at $530.00, but what can you tell from ads? I realize I'm not going to get DATA-IO quality for less than $1K, but I can put up with some kludginess and inconvenience if the unit does a semi-decent programming job. If you have recently purchased a cheap programmer, tell me about it! Thanks, Keith -- Keith Lofstrom keithl@loop tektronix!tessi!qiclab!loop!keithl Launch Loop, P.O. Box 1538, Portland, Oregon 97207 (503)-628-3645
jeffj@pedsga.UUCP (03/24/89)
In article <10@loop.UUCP>, keithl@loop.UUCP writes: > I'm looking for an inexpensive EPROM programmer for my over-equipped home lab, > and willing to pay extra for PAL capabilities. The best looking advertisement > is for the ( JDR Microdevices )||( Modular Circuit Technology ) Universal > Module at $530.00, but what can you tell from ads? > If you have recently purchased a cheap programmer, tell me about it! I have the Serial EPROM programmer from Circuit Cellar. Micromint is the company that supports the Steve Ciarcia Circuit Cellar projects. The kit form is about $100 for PCB, manual and a few parts (the EPROM with the code needed to run the thing, the CPU). For a little over $200 it's assembled. I heard that somewhere there are adapters to allow programming PALS. Sorry, I never folllowed that up. I subscribe to Circuit Cellar, Inc where Steve & Co describe ONLY projects, and show a dedication to the X10 controllers. Steve Ciarcia always has a booth at the Trenton computer show (coming up April 22-23). To be precise, I bought the minimal kit and ordered all the parts myself. The money saved was NOT WORTH IT! I had disappointingly few appropriate parts in my parts box. Many of the orders were split due to backorders and parts that were discontinued. I lost a lot of time and effort just obtaining the parts. Yes, the kit with all parts may cost $40 more than ordering the parts yourself, but that's not too bad for someone else doing all the ordering and assuring that you have everything. It took over a month just to select the venders, place the orders and do all the followups. And after all that, I still have to replace some parts. __________ What do electrical engineers do when capacitors fail? They have Tantalum tantrums. Jeffrey Jonas INTERNET: jeffj@pedsga.tinton.ccur.com USENET: allegra!io!mtune ---------> petsd!pedsga!jeffj decvax!mcnc!rutgers _____/